BCeagle
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Oh stop sandbagging
BC and BU are equally bad this year. But I suspect NU will end up winning Hockey East anyway
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Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
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Oh stop sandbagging
BC and BU are equally bad this year. But I suspect NU will end up winning Hockey East anyway
BCeagle
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Not only the low SOG but the poor quality of the shots. Shot selection is very poor. When they have a good shot they usually pass and end up with no shot in net. A lot of poor passes and the timing is usually poor leading to many of their shots blocked or deflected harmlessly away. If you also notice Fitzy has had a number of shots blocked at the blue line.
How many shots close in where they completely missed the net ?
If they make the final Saturday that should be the end of their season. This team just doesn’t have what it takes this year but give them credit for winning 1st place and making it respectable with 20 wins.
Jarmond fielded a few questions upstairs at pikes before the game about the athletics at BC.
sterlippo1
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
yep, amazing this group has won 20 games. Massive kudos to Jerry and his staff and to the kids.......... for all the shortcomings the team has,they busted their tails every shift in every game.
yep, amazing this group has won 20 games. Massive kudos to Jerry and his staff and to the kids.......... for all the shortcomings the team has,they busted their tails every shift in every game.
BCeagle
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I don’t know if they played hard every shift because in some games and periods they looked like they took it off. Look at the losses or some of the losses where they looked awful. The out of conference games particularly hurt and no wins except a tie. The UConn game was painful to watch in Hartford for the most part and other games I watched or listened to on the radio. Too inconsistent this season. Hopefully with more talent next season BC will look more like a BC team we expect to see under York.
It was a amusing to hear him say we don’t want to play cupcakes one evening at pikes.
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
I thought that was great. I'll take anything that demonstrates enthusiasm for college hockey.
I thought that was great. I'll take anything that demonstrates enthusiasm for college hockey.
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
One of the hallmarks of a truly good team is that they can play less than their best and still win games. This BC team had/has no chance if they don't bring their "A" game, unless Woll steals it. No margin for error.
I don’t know if they played hard every shift because in some games and periods they looked like they took it off. Look at the losses or some of the losses where they looked awful. The out of conference games particularly hurt and no wins except a tie. The UConn game was painful to watch in Hartford for the most part and other games I watched or listened to on the radio. Too inconsistent this season. Hopefully with more talent next season BC will look more like a BC team we expect to see under York.
It was a amusing to hear him say we don’t want to play cupcakes one evening at pikes.
One of the hallmarks of a truly good team is that they can play less than their best and still win games. This BC team had/has no chance if they don't bring their "A" game, unless Woll steals it. No margin for error.
sterlippo1
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
I saw about 1/2 or more of the games Ray so I'll defer to you on that. Didnt see the stinker at UConn but to my eyes and what i saw, they seemed to be a hard working group.
I saw about 1/2 or more of the games Ray so I'll defer to you on that. Didnt see the stinker at UConn but to my eyes and what i saw, they seemed to be a hard working group.
sterlippo1
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
agree, but if both of these teams bring their A games, we are going home. Woll hot at the right time, so there's that.
agree, but if both of these teams bring their A games, we are going home. Woll hot at the right time, so there's that.
Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
I don't even know what BUs A game is. Have they showed it at all this year? They have more top talent but it is possible that collectively BC is still a better team. BU has the potential for more game changers though, we'll see how the game unfolds.
Woll has absolutely been tremendous lately. The goalie we thought we were getting all along.
I don't even know what BUs A game is. Have they showed it at all this year? They have more top talent but it is possible that collectively BC is still a better team. BU has the potential for more game changers though, we'll see how the game unfolds.
Woll has absolutely been tremendous lately. The goalie we thought we were getting all along.
sterlippo1
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
LOL, that's true with BU but i meant if all that talent clicks , that's their A game.........................a different note. I know we have the Harvard fan that posts, Bothman, that lives in San Francisco but anyone else know of a Boston Sports Bar in San Francisco? I hear Shanghai Kelly's in one and Connecticut Yankee another (dont want to have to go all the way south of the mission since i'm coming from the north. )
LOL, that's true with BU but i meant if all that talent clicks , that's their A game.........................a different note. I know we have the Harvard fan that posts, Bothman, that lives in San Francisco but anyone else know of a Boston Sports Bar in San Francisco? I hear Shanghai Kelly's in one and Connecticut Yankee another (dont want to have to go all the way south of the mission since i'm coming from the north. )
BCeagle
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That means pucks on net and better control in the neutral and defensive zones. Turnovers and bad decisions with the puck are fatal for this team.
Hopefully Finkelstein and Samuelsson will upgrade the defense next year while the new forwards improve our lines.
Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
I mean, BC/Woll did exactly that last year against BU in the semis. I don't know what the chances are of that happening again but... there's a chance.
But the time the HE semis roll around, these games become fascinating. It's more than just hockey ability. Teams are going to do some good and bad things and it becomes very much a game of mental toughness. The other team scored a goal, will you get rattled and let them score a few more or will you answer back? You made a bad play, can you shake it off and get back on your game for the next shift? It's basically an NCAA game right here on Friday - it's round 1 for BC and BU and instead of 4 rounds it's a 6 round tournament.
I mean, BC/Woll did exactly that last year against BU in the semis. I don't know what the chances are of that happening again but... there's a chance.
But the time the HE semis roll around, these games become fascinating. It's more than just hockey ability. Teams are going to do some good and bad things and it becomes very much a game of mental toughness. The other team scored a goal, will you get rattled and let them score a few more or will you answer back? You made a bad play, can you shake it off and get back on your game for the next shift? It's basically an NCAA game right here on Friday - it's round 1 for BC and BU and instead of 4 rounds it's a 6 round tournament.
sterlippo1
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
Courtesy of HE, some interesting notes:
No. 1 Boston College (20-13-4, 18-6-0 HEA) advances to the semifinals for the third straight year after claiming its 16th Hockey East regular season title. No. 4 Boston University (19-13-4, 12-8-4 HEA) advances to the TD Garden for the fourth consecutive season, winning its 12th straight quarterfinal game to do so. It is the second year in a row that the Eagles and Terriers will meet in the Hockey East semifinals. In 2017, the Eagles topped the Terriers, 3-2, to advance to their league-record 17th appearance in the championship contest. Both programs are skating in the Hockey East semifinals for the 24th time, the most of any school in league tournament history. All-time in postseason play, Boston University owns a 9-4 record over Boston College in 10 previous series, including a 3-2 mark in the semifinals. Between the Eagles (11) and Terriers (9), the two programs have claimed 20 of the previous 33 Hockey East Tournament titles. During the regular season, the teams split a pair of Hockey East games, 1-1-0.
but having a brain cramp with this:
All-time in postseason play, Boston University owns a 9-4 record over Boston College in 10 previous series, including a 3-2 mark in the semifinals.
Courtesy of HE, some interesting notes:
No. 1 Boston College (20-13-4, 18-6-0 HEA) advances to the semifinals for the third straight year after claiming its 16th Hockey East regular season title. No. 4 Boston University (19-13-4, 12-8-4 HEA) advances to the TD Garden for the fourth consecutive season, winning its 12th straight quarterfinal game to do so. It is the second year in a row that the Eagles and Terriers will meet in the Hockey East semifinals. In 2017, the Eagles topped the Terriers, 3-2, to advance to their league-record 17th appearance in the championship contest. Both programs are skating in the Hockey East semifinals for the 24th time, the most of any school in league tournament history. All-time in postseason play, Boston University owns a 9-4 record over Boston College in 10 previous series, including a 3-2 mark in the semifinals. Between the Eagles (11) and Terriers (9), the two programs have claimed 20 of the previous 33 Hockey East Tournament titles. During the regular season, the teams split a pair of Hockey East games, 1-1-0.
but having a brain cramp with this:
All-time in postseason play, Boston University owns a 9-4 record over Boston College in 10 previous series, including a 3-2 mark in the semifinals.
FiveHole12
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
The semifinal and finals are single games... quarter final games could be 2 or 3 games. So, the 9-4 record is 13 games played over 10 series. I know one QF series went 3 games where BU upset us at Conte. But that's all the math I'm doing for ya. Have fun figuring it out.
defkit
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Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
Although with the comment "All-Time in Post-Season play" could in theory mean that if they met in both conference and NCAA tournaments that would count as two "series". When BU won the title over BC in 1978, did they also meet in the ECAC's?
Although with the comment "All-Time in Post-Season play" could in theory mean that if they met in both conference and NCAA tournaments that would count as two "series". When BU won the title over BC in 1978, did they also meet in the ECAC's?
no chance of winning.Re: Boston College Eagles 2017-2108 Season Thread
No. That was the year when we lost in the semis to Providence, 5-1. But in those days (because there were only two leagues - the ECAC in the East and the WCHA in the West), two teams from each league went to the NCAAs (it was just the Final Four [not "Frozen Four" - that was a marketing thing that was started I think by ESPN] then - only a four team tournament). So the winner of the league tournament received the automatic bid and the committee selected the second representative. Usually it was the two teams that met in the finals, but because BU was so dominant and had such a great year (there was tremendous Western dominance at that time and the ECAC wanted the best possible representative to go to the Final Four), it was decided after we beat Brown in the Consolation Game, that there would be a special "NCAA Qualifier Game." BU would play Providence (who had lost to BC in the championship game) again, essentially giving the best team in the East a "second chance" to get to the Final Four. Although it was decided by the ECAC, it was considered an "NCAA" game (similar to the "play-in" games they have now in the NCAA basketball tournament).
I remember trekking down to Schneider Arena, where BU extracted revenge, beating Providence, thus qualifying for the Final Four, where they went on to beat a good Wisconsin team (with Mike Eaves) before toppling BC to win the championship. Ironically, the Final Four was played at the Providence Civic Center (to add insult to injury to the Providence fans, who were NOT happy that BU was given a "second" chance).
If you want a little nostalgia, here is a fantastic <a href="http://terrierhockey2.blogspot.com/2009/03/that-championship-season.html" target="_blank">recap</a> of that memorable season.
No. That was the year when we lost in the semis to Providence, 5-1. But in those days (because there were only two leagues - the ECAC in the East and the WCHA in the West), two teams from each league went to the NCAAs (it was just the Final Four [not "Frozen Four" - that was a marketing thing that was started I think by ESPN] then - only a four team tournament). So the winner of the league tournament received the automatic bid and the committee selected the second representative. Usually it was the two teams that met in the finals, but because BU was so dominant and had such a great year (there was tremendous Western dominance at that time and the ECAC wanted the best possible representative to go to the Final Four), it was decided after we beat Brown in the Consolation Game, that there would be a special "NCAA Qualifier Game." BU would play Providence (who had lost to BC in the championship game) again, essentially giving the best team in the East a "second chance" to get to the Final Four. Although it was decided by the ECAC, it was considered an "NCAA" game (similar to the "play-in" games they have now in the NCAA basketball tournament).
I remember trekking down to Schneider Arena, where BU extracted revenge, beating Providence, thus qualifying for the Final Four, where they went on to beat a good Wisconsin team (with Mike Eaves) before toppling BC to win the championship. Ironically, the Final Four was played at the Providence Civic Center (to add insult to injury to the Providence fans, who were NOT happy that BU was given a "second" chance).
If you want a little nostalgia, here is a fantastic <a href="http://terrierhockey2.blogspot.com/2009/03/that-championship-season.html" target="_blank">recap</a> of that memorable season.
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